The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-04

tho dollar. The darkey as a rule, has
fully realized that thereis no $40 acres and
a mule" for him In politics, and hence be
has fallen into something very like apa.
thy. Bss!dss the non.receipt OF tho 10
acres and q mule he knows that ho will be
counted out. He knows that whenever
there 10 n stake In the result ho will sea
that uame old trick performed. General
Mcmillan says there Is no Republican
party In Louieiana save the nucleus that
keeps itself alive In tho shape OF State
Committee for tho purpose OF holding tho
Offices In case of Republican national sue.
cess. p gTfe
y 1inlet also with ex- Governor Yarmouth,
who was up from his Sugar plantation and
stopping at tho st. Charlos hotel, and he
talked in the same voin. II 10 hard 10
tell where he stands In politics now He
has squeezed tho political orange In
Louisiana, got all tho juice out, and 10
now looking after the proceeds thereof.
In my run down to New Orleans from
Birmtnghant, Alabama, Of which wrote
you, l took tho Louisville 4 Nashville
route, via Mobile. This time I journeyed
back to Birmingham by the "Qucon &
Crescent" route, The new lino that akirts
on the top Of piles tho ahorcs OF Lake
Ponchartrain Tor 40 many miles, and that
connects with the Cincinnati Southern
system at Meridian, Mississippi.
THE MAGIC CRY. X,
By thispleasant route found myselt once
more enjoying the hospitality Of my.sood
friend Mr.. Joe Woodward, at his place
at Wheeling, Ala., on Sunday, Feb
ruary lS. Thence, after day or two,
I came on up 10 Birmingham, and looked
once more upon that still booming town,
the "Magic City" OIL. the South, aud found
that while the price Of lots had not gone
down the price Of land company stocks
had experienced quitea set back and we're
slow Of gale. The cry Of fraud had been
raised in q large eale Of "Ensley," and
that cry had spread already like couts.
gion among the other stocks, and nobody
wanted to buy until they saw doepor into
what was going on. n,
This point in my letter brings me 10
Birmingham, which Is nearly loo miles
southoaas OF the plea1ant locality from
which / wrlte.r In other words, I am six.
teen miles west Of Decatur, aud Decatur
is n newly discovered city lof tie future)
on the Tennessee river at the point where
the Louisville Il Nashville and the Nom.
phis Il Charleston railroads intersect each
other.
A BROOKE COUNTY MAN.
Many yea,s ago there came TO this ynl.
ley from the hills Of Brooke county, W.
Va, an accomplished and esLiuable man
named John ]. Barclay. who had dweIt in
the far east Of the Old World for years as
United States Conaul at Beyroot, in Syria,
and afterwards a: the Island OF Cyprus.
In response 70 many invitations l have
paid him long deferred yloit, and while
walking and riding over tho country with
him have listened with pleasure and profit
to the recital OF his widely extended OBJ.
|seryations Ia tho old world and the new.
Hera he is au influential cotton planter,
and hero be dweis on place that adjoins
that o. General Wheeler, OF Confederate
cavalry fame, tho present member Of
Congress from this district. He Is q live
and progressive man and has made sue.
cess OF agriculture here. he regards this
az thochoice ps,tof Alabama, indeed. Of
the whole South, both oa account of soil
and climate, and expects to SEQ in the
near inture decided advance in tho price
Of land in thic oktractiva vatlou n n